Councilmember Joel Navarro
Joel Navarro was elected to the Tempe City Council in July 2008.
Born and raised in Tempe, Joel Navarro is a third-generation Arizonan who
has spent most of his life in the Valley of the Sun.
With a commitment to public service and public safety, Navarro has served
as a trained captain/paramedic with the Phoenix Fire Department since 1995.
As a fire captain and paramedic, he has worked with other public safety
agencies across Maricopa County. He also is involved with many community organizations. In 2001, Navarro was
appointed to the Human Relations Commission for the City of Tempe and served
as chair in 2006. For that commission, Navarro chaired various subcommittees
including Day Labor and Emerging Issues. He is a graduate of Tempe
Leadership Class XIX and has spent many hours volunteering for the Tempe
Community Council to help allocate grant money to a variety of local
nonprofit organizations.
Navarro is dedicated to providing leadership and
mentoring to children of all ages. For over 20 years, he has coached a
variety of sports including basketball, baseball, soccer and football, and
has coached 13 years as an assistant football coach at Marcos De Niza High
School, with the junior varsity and varsity teams.
Navarro is also a graduate from Marcos De Niza High
School. He played four years of sports: football, basketball, baseball and
track, lettering in football and basketball. While at Marcos, he also
attained the rank of Eagle Scout, attended Boy’s State and was in “Who’s Who
Among American High School Students 1984-85.”
After attending Phoenix College and Mesa Community
College, Navarro received a full athletic football scholarship to New Mexico
State University. While at NMSU, he helped local charities including
Salvation Army and Special Olympics and was a Founding Father of Sigma Phi
Epsilon. Navarro graduated from MNSU in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Advertising Design.
Moving back to Tempe, Navarro received a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Ottawa University in secondary education and did his
student teaching at Tempe High.
Navarro has two children, Jillian and Parker, and lives in the same south
Tempe neighborhood where he grew up.
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